might be the
easiest way, in case she does come back because if Adam saw her, then it’s
likely she recognised him too.”
“Yes, but I do expect a
full
explanation about who
exactly she is.” She responded coolly.
Hayden took the initiative and removed her suitcase from the
boot.
“I will.” He leaned in to kiss her, but she shrugged him off
quickly before exiting the car.
With a suitcase in hand, she carried herself off down the
lane towards the villas, with Grey’s car driving off into the distance, leaving
dust clouds wafting in their wake.
She’d just arrived into her own villa, and passed through
the gate to the garden out of sight of any passing traffic, when she heard a
car pull up. Seconds later, she heard a car door slam and a woman with an
awful shrilling voice demanding that the driver help with her luggage then
disputing the charge for the journey. She closed her eyes and sighed as an
uneasy feeling swept over her.
Had he been playing her
along?
It had been three long hours since Indi had arrived home on
her own, she’d tried to keep herself busy first by dealing with her removing
her washing from her luggage, listening to some music, and answering emails on
her laptop, but nothing could help focus her mind away from what might be
happening next door.
She couldn’t help but think the worst about who this woman
was. She had replayed the moment over and over in her mind from when Adam had
sworn some expletive as the other car passed by them to when she had been left
to walk down the lane to the villas by herself. She tried to focus on Grey’s
body language at the time. He hadn’t seemed happy to see this woman, but that
didn’t mean he wasn’t in some kind of meaningful relationship with her. Maybe
he just wasn’t happy at being caught out.
She had tried to stop herself from thinking that he might
just disappear off with any explanation. She stepped out onto the terrace
several times to reassure herself there was still someone next door, each time
a sense of relief washed over when she could still hear the murmur of faraway
voices.
Finally, at a little after eleven, Indi’s body had given
into the fatigue she’d been fighting due to their early rising, and she fell
asleep curled up on the sofa.
Bombshell - Grey
It wasn’t until the sun was rising that extremely tired
feeling Grey shook Indi’s arm gently to awoke from her slumber on the sofa.
She opened her eyes slowly, her body’s reaction stiff and
disoriented at first as he sat at the edge of the sofa beside her looming over
curled up body.
“Have you not been to bed at all?” Indi asked, reaching up
from her reclined position, and running a hand up over his cheek to touch the
day worth of stubble coming through.
He shook his head silently. Grabbing the hand still touching
his cheek, he planted a tender kiss on the inside of her palm. “I’m sorry it
took this long to get away. I had to wait until she went to bed after our
screaming match.” His voice was low and hoarse.
“So who is she?” Indi made a move to stand up from her lying
down position, her nerves coming through in her voice.
He had gone over his speech several times so he could sound
convincing as he concealed some of the truth. It was something he had never
been good at, but he was prepared to say almost anything to keep her from
finding the full truth until he could deal with his father and free himself
from Caitlin permanently. “There isn’t much to tell. She is the daughter of one
of my father’s business associates. I have chaperoned her to a few business
events as she also works for my father.”
He watched her walk from the sofa and start to clear up the
plate and glass remaining from her evening meal the previous night.
“So has she come here for herself or your father?”
“She came to give me some papers that my father needed
signed, but it was a ruse to spend time with me, as well. She has always been
hopeful that we
easiest way, in case she does come back because if Adam saw her, then it’s
likely she recognised him too.”
“Yes, but I do expect a
full
explanation about who
exactly she is.” She responded coolly.
Hayden took the initiative and removed her suitcase from the
boot.
“I will.” He leaned in to kiss her, but she shrugged him off
quickly before exiting the car.
With a suitcase in hand, she carried herself off down the
lane towards the villas, with Grey’s car driving off into the distance, leaving
dust clouds wafting in their wake.
She’d just arrived into her own villa, and passed through
the gate to the garden out of sight of any passing traffic, when she heard a
car pull up. Seconds later, she heard a car door slam and a woman with an
awful shrilling voice demanding that the driver help with her luggage then
disputing the charge for the journey. She closed her eyes and sighed as an
uneasy feeling swept over her.
Had he been playing her
along?
It had been three long hours since Indi had arrived home on
her own, she’d tried to keep herself busy first by dealing with her removing
her washing from her luggage, listening to some music, and answering emails on
her laptop, but nothing could help focus her mind away from what might be
happening next door.
She couldn’t help but think the worst about who this woman
was. She had replayed the moment over and over in her mind from when Adam had
sworn some expletive as the other car passed by them to when she had been left
to walk down the lane to the villas by herself. She tried to focus on Grey’s
body language at the time. He hadn’t seemed happy to see this woman, but that
didn’t mean he wasn’t in some kind of meaningful relationship with her. Maybe
he just wasn’t happy at being caught out.
She had tried to stop herself from thinking that he might
just disappear off with any explanation. She stepped out onto the terrace
several times to reassure herself there was still someone next door, each time
a sense of relief washed over when she could still hear the murmur of faraway
voices.
Finally, at a little after eleven, Indi’s body had given
into the fatigue she’d been fighting due to their early rising, and she fell
asleep curled up on the sofa.
Bombshell - Grey
It wasn’t until the sun was rising that extremely tired
feeling Grey shook Indi’s arm gently to awoke from her slumber on the sofa.
She opened her eyes slowly, her body’s reaction stiff and
disoriented at first as he sat at the edge of the sofa beside her looming over
curled up body.
“Have you not been to bed at all?” Indi asked, reaching up
from her reclined position, and running a hand up over his cheek to touch the
day worth of stubble coming through.
He shook his head silently. Grabbing the hand still touching
his cheek, he planted a tender kiss on the inside of her palm. “I’m sorry it
took this long to get away. I had to wait until she went to bed after our
screaming match.” His voice was low and hoarse.
“So who is she?” Indi made a move to stand up from her lying
down position, her nerves coming through in her voice.
He had gone over his speech several times so he could sound
convincing as he concealed some of the truth. It was something he had never
been good at, but he was prepared to say almost anything to keep her from
finding the full truth until he could deal with his father and free himself
from Caitlin permanently. “There isn’t much to tell. She is the daughter of one
of my father’s business associates. I have chaperoned her to a few business
events as she also works for my father.”
He watched her walk from the sofa and start to clear up the
plate and glass remaining from her evening meal the previous night.
“So has she come here for herself or your father?”
“She came to give me some papers that my father needed
signed, but it was a ruse to spend time with me, as well. She has always been
hopeful that we
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